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The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

By: Justin Podur
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A podcast about how today’s Empire works and who is resisting.Justin Podur Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
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  • Interwar America 1: Autos, Cinema, Airplanes, Finance, Prohibition, Garveyism, and the KKK

    Interwar America 1: Autos, Cinema, Airplanes, Finance, Prohibition, Garveyism, and the KKK
    Apr 26 2026
    A little bit of everything as we take two hours to start to paint a picture of Interwar America.
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    2 hrs and 21 mins
  • Interwar 8: The rise of the first Reza Shah Pahlavi

    Interwar 8: The rise of the first Reza Shah Pahlavi
    Apr 2 2026
    After the Cossack Coup, a power struggle between rivals leads to Reza Khan rising to the top. He defangs an American financial mission, jails and executes his rivals, plunders the tribes, makes a personal bank, and becomes not only Shah, but in Gholi Majd’s words, “the largest private landowner… in all likelihood in the recorded … Continue reading "Interwar 8: The rise of the first Reza Shah Pahlavi"
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    42 mins
  • Interwar 7: Reza Khan and the Cossack Coup of 1921

    Interwar 7: Reza Khan and the Cossack Coup of 1921
    Mar 12 2026
    The 1919 Anglo-Persian Agreement made every Persian government that followed unviable. Britain wanted Iran to be a colony, but couldn’t find a viable collaborator in the Qajjar Shahs or the Majlis. So, in 1921, they used one of their favorite moves: they organized a coup to overthrow a government they had installed and supported. The … Continue reading "Interwar 7: Reza Khan and the Cossack Coup of 1921"
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    58 mins
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